Greek noun (neuter) · G5545
χρῖσμα
chrismakhris'-mah
anointing
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chrîsma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5545is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5545
an unguent or smearing, i.e. (figuratively) the special endowment ("chrism") of the Holy Spirit
The King James renders it: anointing, unction.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chrisma is rendered "anointing". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 John 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
The first use
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
1 John 2:20χρῖσμα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in 1 John.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- anointing3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- χρῖσμα3
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2N-NSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
1 John
three uses
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
- χρῖσμαchrismanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: anointing
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
- χρῖσμαchrismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: anointing
- χρῖσμαchrismanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: anointing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.